Episode · EconTalk · 2023-07-31
Books mentioned on Daron Acemoglu on Innovation and Shared Prosperity
Economist and author Daron Acemoglu of MIT discusses his book Power and Progress with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Acemoglu argues that the productivity and prosperity that results from innovation is not always shared widely across the population.
Russ Roberts discussed Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy by Joseph Schumpeter.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy by Joseph Schumpeter is an influential economic text that examines the evolution of economic systems and introduces the foundational concept of creative destruction.
Discussed“I would just I would think about schumpeter and I think about capitalism socialism and democracy”
Where to get it
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Plugged Power and Progress
“we'll be referring to his new book with Simon Johnson power and progress our Thousand-Year struggle with technology and prosperity along with some other work that Daron has done on Twitter”
Plugged Power and Progress
“my guest today has been to our own smoglu his book with Simon Johnson is power and progress Tron thanks for being part of econ talk”